Donald Trump and two of his top attorneys representing him in special counsel Jack Smith's investigation parted ways on Friday, just a day after he became the first former president to be indicted.
Trump was indicted on at least seven counts involving obstruction of justice, conspiracy, and illegal retention of classified government material and was ordered to appear in federal court in Miami on Tuesday. The indictment remains unsealed, and the former president announced Friday that Todd Blanche would be leading his defense along with"additional lawyers in the coming days," according to a post on his Truth Social media platform.
In Trump's Truth Social post, he thanked the pair of attorneys for their work, adding,"They were up against a very dishonest, corrupt, evil, and 'sick' group of people, the likes of which has not been seen before."
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